Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Adams (drummer)

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. Please defer merge related discussion to article talk. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 17:10, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

John Adams (drummer)

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Very dubious claim to fame. A fan might be "culturally significant", but a single trivial source is not sufficient to establish that. — Coren ^(talk) 03:00, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. The man has his own Bobbleheadarm, for crying out loud. - EurekaLott 03:26, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete bobblehead dolls dont confer notability. I cant find any reliable sources giving this person "significant coverage" Corpx 05:35, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, but feel free to put the information on a related page. Speciate 07:14, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment not sure that being a fan is really
  WP:BIO-level notability, but there is significant coverage over a number of years, and he's sometimes shown briefly during game broadcasts. If someome wanted to improve this article they could. --Dhartung | Talk 10:01, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply
  ]

A quick look through those sources finds mostly incidental or trivial "social interest" coverage. I agree it's very much borderline— I still think it stands on the delete side of that border, but it wouldn't take many reliable sources to change my mind at this point. — Coren ^(talk) 16:15, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep or Merge with Cleveland Indians. Adams is listed in the official Cleveland Indians template, so I assumed it was okay to create the page. It obviously could be a better page, and I really think he is notable enough, because he is mentioned frequently on Indians games on TV, and occasionally on Cleveland news. However, a section of the
  Cleveland Indians page explaining who John Adams is would probably say about the same amount of information. 11kowrom 16:54, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply
  ]
  • Comment More people will read about him on the Cleveland Indians page than on his own page anyway. Speciate 23:21, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • So merging would probably be the best solution. 11kowrom 22:08, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge with Cleveland Indians I guess the decision has already been made, so this just says I agree with it. Rhino131 21:33, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - the google news coverage is prolific enough for me when comnined with a booblehead. It indicates local notability. -- Whpq 21:49, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep- Hes an improtant part of Cleveland Indains culture. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.205.81.24 (talk • contribs)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.